Example sentences of "to leave [pers pn] in a " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 've got to leave them in a taxi-cab in Inkeroinen . ’
2 ‘ I 'd have to leave 'er in a basket at the gate . ’
3 Twice he needed to have attention from a doctor on the course but battled on to record a four under par 66 which was good enough to leave him in a tie for 9th place , nine shots behind the winner , Eduardo Romero from the Argentine .
4 It was n't fair to leave him in a fool 's paradise , and for her own peace of mind she wanted to have everything settled .
5 As baby Odessa 's condition deteriorated they were forced by the war to leave her in a hospital in Belgrade .
6 So the ministers in charge of the measure felt they could not bring in a guillotine or send the bill to a committee upstairs because most of the Conservatives would have voted against and , not being an issue of confidence between the parties , sufficient Labour dissidents might also have voted against the government to leave it in a minority .
7 A mineral undertaker can not however , be required to put the land to any specific use after extraction has been completed , but where practicable , he can be required to leave it in a condition comparable to that in which he found it .
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